Job Description

The University Hospital of North Midlands, Mid Cheshire and East Cheshire NHS Trusts are working collaboratively as a Pathology network, North Midlands and Cheshire Pathology Service (NMCPS). A further development of the network is progressing to include Shrewsbury and Telford NHS trust and Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Hospital. Lead Biomedical Scientist Haematology (Leighton and Macclesfield) Are you looking for a new challenge? We are seeking applications from suitably qualified, self-motivated and enthusiastic HCPC registered Biomedical Scientists with appropriate experience in Haematology for the role of Lead BMS Haematology for the Leighton and Macclesfield hospital sites. As Lead BMS, you will provide expert and operational leadership for the Leighton and Macclesfield Haematology laboratories, and collaborate with the team at the Royal Stoke University Hospital (RSUH) to ensure the delivery of the NMCPS network model.
Main duties of the job
Based at either Leighton or Macclesfield Hospital you will be required to work across both sites in order to effectively deliver the Haematology laboratory service. There will also be a requirement to work at the RSUH periodically. The ability to manage and prioritise a complex workload with rapidly changing demands is vital, along with providing effective leadership and motivation for the whole Leighton and Macclesfield Haematology team. The post holder is required to provide effective operational management in line with Trust policies and procedures; this will include responsibility for continuing quality improvement to maintain UKAS accreditation and overall performance of the service. The role will include ensuring all training, health and safety and quality management requirements are appropriate and implemented, including monitoring the department's finances. In addition to line management, the Lead BMS is responsible for relationships with internal and external stakeholders from clinical teams to suppliers. You will lead by example and will be expected to maintain your scientific and technical expertise as a BMS.
About us
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Details
Date posted
29 October 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
55,690 to 62,682 a year Per Annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
205-7572022
Job locations
UHNM
Newcastle Road
Stoke on Trent
ST4 6QG
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information regarding the post please refer to the attached and Person Specification. Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information regarding the post please refer to the attached and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Educated to degree level.
• Evidence of higher level study at Masters Level; Alternatively working knowledge and experience at an equivalent level.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft office: Word, Excel, access and Power-point.
• Professional training delivery qualification or equivalent experience of delivering and facilitating in challenging environments.
• Portfolio of certified/accredited professional development activity undertaken in relevant areas.

Desirable

• Experience and/or qualifications in the specific area Organisational Development.
• Quality Improvement qualification - Improving together level 1-3 or external equivalent. Eg LCS lavel 1a.

Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
Essential

• Experience of working across boundaries to develop networks with key stakeholders.
• Experience of managing a diverse team utilising the full spectrum of HR practices.
• Ability to prioritise workload in response to service need.
• Ability to work autonomously and be accountable for own actions.
• Ability to motivate and support others to achieve goals.
• Able to utilise initiative to solve problems and develop the service.
• Ability to work as part of the wider team.
• Broad experience of project work and managing projects in a complex multi system environment.
• The ability to integrate theory and practice through the effective development and delivery of learning programmes and events which take full account of relevant learning methodologies, principles and paradigms.
• Experience of delivering training programmes & presentations to various levels of staff.
• Experience of facilitating staff engagement interventions with groups of staff or teams.
• Good influencing and networking skills.
• Excellent written and communication skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and deal with situations in a sensitive manner.
• Ability to follow complex instructions and make the complex simple.
• Ability to contribute directly to the production of strategy and policy documentation.
• Ability to develop medium and long term plans to meet service need and ensure sustainability.
• Ability to apply evaluative and reflective techniques to personal practice, events and activities.

Desirable

• Ability to understand, interpret and critically analyse data and information.
• Experience of delivering a quality improvement project.

Personal Qualities
Essential

• Positive mindset in respect of supporting organisational change; learning, and continuous improvement.
• Effective interpersonal and intrapersonal skills including high degree of self-awareness and self- regulation.
• Takes responsibility and is accountable for delivering to their agree objectives.
• Consistently professional, collaborative and compassionate in their approach.
• Works with patients and people at the fore - operates to a customer service ethos.
• Acts to support and enable effective teamwork.
• Delivers work of consistent and predictable high quality.
• There is a frequent requirement for prolonged concentration when facilitating.
• Emotional effort; the post holder will at times be exposed to distressing and emotional circumstances.

Desirable

• Ability to travel to and work across multiple sites.
• Demonstrates the leadership behaviours for improvements.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Educated to degree level.
• Evidence of higher level study at Masters Level; Alternatively working knowledge and experience at an equivalent level.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft office: Word, Excel, access and Power-point.
• Professional training delivery qualification or equivalent experience of delivering and facilitating in challenging environments.
• Portfolio of certified/accredited professional development activity undertaken in relevant areas.

Desirable

• Experience and/or qualifications in the specific area Organisational Development.
• Quality Improvement qualification - Improving together level 1-3 or external equivalent. Eg LCS lavel 1a.

Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
Essential

• Experience of working across boundaries to develop networks with key stakeholders.
• Experience of managing a diverse team utilising the full spectrum of HR practices.
• Ability to prioritise workload in response to service need.
• Ability to work autonomously and be accountable for own actions.
• Ability to motivate and support others to achieve goals.
• Able to utilise initiative to solve problems and develop the service.
• Ability to work as part of the wider team.
• Broad experience of project work and managing projects in a complex multi system environment.
• The ability to integrate theory and practice through the effective development and delivery of learning programmes and events which take full account of relevant learning methodologies, principles and paradigms.
• Experience of delivering training programmes & presentations to various levels of staff.
• Experience of facilitating staff engagement interventions with groups of staff or teams.
• Good influencing and networking skills.
• Excellent written and communication skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and deal with situations in a sensitive manner.
• Ability to follow complex instructions and make the complex simple.
• Ability to contribute directly to the production of strategy and policy documentation.
• Ability to develop medium and long term plans to meet service need and ensure sustainability.
• Ability to apply evaluative and reflective techniques to personal practice, events and activities.

Desirable

• Ability to understand, interpret and critically analyse data and information.
• Experience of delivering a quality improvement project.

Personal Qualities
Essential

• Positive mindset in respect of supporting organisational change; learning, and continuous improvement.
• Effective interpersonal and intrapersonal skills including high degree of self-awareness and self- regulation.
• Takes responsibility and is accountable for delivering to their agree objectives.
• Consistently professional, collaborative and compassionate in their approach.
• Works with patients and people at the fore - operates to a customer service ethos.
• Acts to support and enable effective teamwork.
• Delivers work of consistent and predictable high quality.
• There is a frequent requirement for prolonged concentration when facilitating.
• Emotional effort; the post holder will at times be exposed to distressing and emotional circumstances.

Desirable

• Ability to travel to and work across multiple sites.
• Demonstrates the leadership behaviours for improvements.

Skills Required